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Dr. Burt's Response

Dr. Burt's Response C 1986 American Journal of Public Health Content, Adequacy of Sex Education Programs While recognizing the critical need to elucidate the relationship between sex education and early pregnancy, Furstenberg, et al,' have not drawn attention to the form and format differences which exist among curricula presently available. A school division in our community is presently attempting to develop a standardized curriculum following a brief survey which showed a plethora of different approaches taken by different schools. Programs varied from a few classes on venereal disease to a semester-long comprehensive program encompassing virtually every topic in human sexuality. Many programs were developed by interested teachers or nurses specifically for their own schools. Further, requests to other cities have shown that there are considerable differences in scope, duration, and emphasis between school districts which do have standardized curricula. Unless the United States is very different, the broad question in the National Survey of Children, "Have you ever had a course in sex education?", may well be answered "yes" when only a very inadequate program was given. Ideally, such a question ought to be followed by others attempting to discover what was taught and how. 1. Furstenberg F: Sex education and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Dr. Burt's Response

Brian A. Burt
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 76 (5) – May 1, 1986
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C 1986 American Journal of Public Health Content, Adequacy of Sex Education Programs While recognizing the critical need to elucidate the relationship between sex education and early pregnancy, Furstenberg, et al,' have not drawn attention to the form and format differences which exist among curricula presently available. A school division in our community is presently attempting to develop a standardized curriculum following a brief survey which showed a plethora of different approaches taken by different schools. Programs varied from a few classes on venereal disease to a semester-long comprehensive program encompassing virtually every topic in human sexuality. Many programs were developed by interested teachers or nurses specifically for their own schools. Further, requests to other cities have shown that there are considerable differences in scope, duration, and emphasis between school districts which do have standardized curricula. Unless the United States is very different, the broad question in the National Survey of Children, "Have you ever had a course in sex education?", may well be answered "yes" when only a very inadequate program was given. Ideally, such a question ought to be followed by others attempting to discover what was taught and how. 1. Furstenberg F: Sex education and

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Published: May 1, 1986

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